MCAO spokesman Jerry Cobb said in a statement, "The plea that has been offered guarantees the defendant will serve a substantial prison term while eliminating the chance that he could walk free or receive a shorter prison sentence if he is acquitted or convicted of a lesser offense at trial."

Paula Ferris was in court Friday morning on behalf of her son, Daily. She said she's appalled that the state isn't throwing the book at the man who allegedly murdered her son on camera.

"My grandmother could try this case and win it. The evidence is so overwhelming," Ferris said.

Surveillance video from a neighbor's home captured the moment 31-year-old Daily was stabbed in the neck.

According to police records, Morrison claimed he blacked out during the stabbing, and does not remember what happened.

According to court documents, Daily and Morrison, 42, knew each other and had been in an argument. However, it's what happens following the stabbing that is just as disturbing.

In the video, more than a half-dozen people are seen leaving the home as Daily lays bleeding in the driveway. He struggles to stand up, and eventually collapses against a green car. Eventually, police are called. EMT first responders arrive and Daily is rushed to the hospital, where he later dies.

"It's unbelievable," said criminal defense attorney Mike Black. "They may have been able to save his life. I literally have never seen this in my life before."

Black said as shocking as the video is to watch, those who left the scene - some even walking over the dying man - likely won't face any criminal penalty.

"There is no obligation for them to stop and help. Not at all. It might be immoral, which it is. Unethical, clearly, but there is no legal obligation for them to stop," Black said.

"I have seen a lot of things, and this is by far the most pathetic display of humankind I have ever seen," he continued.